Jeffery Deaver
Autor de El coleccionista de huesos (The Bone Collector) (Punto de Lectura)
Sobre El Autor
Jeffery Deaver was born on May 6, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois. He received a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University. Before attending law school, he worked as a business writer. After law school, he worked for a Wall Street law firm practicing mostrar más corporate law. In 1990, he decided to stop practicing law and become a full-time writer. His first novel was a horror story entitled Voodoo. He is the author of more than 25 novels and has written some of those stories under the pseudonym William Jeffries. He writes the Lincoln Rhyme series and the Kathryn Dance series. A Maiden's Grave was adapted into a film by HBO called Dead Silence and The Bone Collector was adapted into a feature film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. He received the Steel Dagger and Short Story Dagger from the British Crime Writers' Association, the Ellery Queen Reader's Award for Best Short Story of the Year three times, and the British Thumping Good Read Award. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Créditos de la imagen: Jeffery Deaver. Photo by Garry Knight.
Series
Obras de Jeffery Deaver
The Rule of Threes: A Novella 29 copias
The Complete Law School Companion: How to Excel at America's Most Demanding Post-Graduate Curriculum (1984) 29 copias
Execution Day 23 copias
Sixty-One Seconds 23 copias
A Dish Served Cold [short story] 10 copias
Forever {story} 4 copias
Beautiful [short story] 2 copias
Born Bad [short story] 2 copias
Book 9781529365528 2 copias
Copycat [short story] 2 copias
Lullaby 1 copia
The Hangman's Waltz 1 copia
PIETA' PER GLI INSONNI 1 copia
Vatermörder 1 copia
Repressed 1 copia
Robin and Ruby 1 copia
Last Words 1 copia
Pygmy 1 copia
Der Club der Opfer 1 copia
Mary, Mary 1 copia
Little Earthquakes 1 copia
A Day Late and a Dollar Short 1 copia
Glamorama 1 copia
Born in Death 1 copia
The Ruins 1 copia
Skin Trade 1 copia
The Lincoln Rhyme Collection 5-8 1 copia
Empty Chair 1 copia
Gone Fishing [short story] 1 copia
Surveillance [short story] 1 copia
The Commuter [short story] 1 copia
Chapter and Verse [short story] 1 copia
Together [short story] 1 copia
The Blank Card [short story] 1 copia
The Fall Guy [short story] 1 copia
Nocturne [short story] 1 copia
Afraid [short story] 1 copia
Eye to Eye [short story] 1 copia
Without Jonathan [short story] 1 copia
The Plot 1 copia
Seme cattivo (in The dark side) 1 copia
The First Day of School 1 copia
Interrogation [short story] 1 copia
The Lesson of Her Death, Part 2 1 copia
The Lesson of Her Death, Part 1 1 copia
Tunnel Girl [short story] 1 copia
Het dossier 1 copia
Making Amends 1 copia
The Bone Collector | The Coffin Dancer | The Stone Monkey | The Twelfth Card | The Vanished Man 1 copia
The Poker Lesson [short story] 1 copia
The Voyeur [short story] 1 copia
Locard's Principle [short story] 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper (2016) — Contribuidor — 242 copias
The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives (2009) — Contribuidor — 211 copias
Bibliomysteries: Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores (2017) — Contribuidor — 191 copias
Manhattan Mayhem: New Crime Stories from Mystery Writers of America (2015) — Contribuidor — 187 copias
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: First Annual Collection (2000) — Contribuidor — 59 copias
Alive in Shape and Color: 16 Paintings by Great Artists and the Stories They Inspired (2019) — Contribuidor — 47 copias
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Third Annual Collection (2002) — Contribuidor — 43 copias
The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023 (2023) — Contribuidor — 32 copias
The Deadly Bride and 21 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Volume II (2006) — Contribuidor — 26 copias
Private Investigations: Mystery Writers on the Secrets, Riddles, and Wonders in Their Lives (2020) — Contribuidor — 24 copias
The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories: The First Ten Years (2014) — Contribuidor — 20 copias
Greatest Hits: Original Stories of Hitmen, Hired Guns, and Private Eyes (2005) — Contribuidor — 17 copias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Vanished Man • Don't Look Back • Prey • Street Boys (2003) 12 copias
Select Editions: The Sleeping Doll, Heart of the Dales, The Island, The Sacred Bones (2000) 10 copias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Ice Child • The Blue Nowhere • Warlock • Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas (2001) 10 copias
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 226 : Im Schatten des Pferdemondes. Mord auf Bestellung. Ums nackte Leben. Der… (1999) — Autor — 9 copias
The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Seventh Annual Edition (1998) — Contribuidor — 9 copias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Last Light • The Stone Monkey • Dying To Tell • Fallen Angel (2002) 8 copias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Second Wind • The Devil's Teardrop • A Peculiar Chemistry • Stinger (2000) 5 copias
Livros Condensados: A cadeira vazia | Bem-vindo a Normal | Presidente em exercício | Brisa sussurante (2002) 4 copias
Libros selectos. El tatuado de la danza macabra. Vuelo funesto. El halconero. La última jugada (2000) 4 copias
Livros Condensados: O Macaco de Pedra | Um Passo de Dança | Eu Não tenho Medo | Melodia do Coração (2004) — Autor — 4 copias
Det Bästas bokval, vol. 218 3 copias
Livros Condensados: Stinger | Lua Vazia | A Lágrima do Diabo | A Catarata do Anjo (1998) — Autor — 3 copias
Livros Condensados: A Décima Segunda Carta | No Comboio Para Lisboa | Crime Nas Apostas | Juntos Na Solidão (2007) — Autor — 3 copias
Australian Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Loop / The Kremlin Device / Somebody's Baby / The Coffin Dancer (1999) — Contribuidor — 2 copias
Valitujen Palojen Tiivistetyt Kirjat - The testament; Fly away home; The Devil's teardrop; The obsession (2001) 2 copias
Det Bästas Bokval (2004) vol 234: Stenapan; Par och piruetter; Hinder i vägen; Jag är inte rädd — Autor — 2 copias
Goed fout : fragmenten uit misdaadverhalen van bekroonde auteurs — Contribuidor — 2 copias
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Vanished Man • Street Boys • The Christmas Train • The Summer That Never Was (2003) 2 copias
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Exclusion Zone; The Loop; The Coffin Dancer; Archangel (1999) 2 copias
Válogatott könyvek 30. Jeffery Deaver - Kőmajom; Susan Wilson - Szenvedélyek szigete; John Katzenbach - A… (2003) — Autor — 1 copia
Det Bästas Bokval (2003) vol 225: Eldfångaren; Bärnstensamuletten; Den tomma stolen — Autor — 1 copia
Nejlepší Světové Čtení: Burnt Snow | Distant Shores | The Stone Monkey | The Christmas Train 1 copia
Reader's Digest Książki Wybrane: Tango Jeden / Rytmy Szczęścia / Kamienna Małpa / Dawno Niewidziani (1997) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Reader's Digest Select Editions: XO / The Man Who Forgot His Wife / A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder / Now You See Her (2012) — Autor — 1 copia
Reader`s Digest Auswahlbüher: Die Meschenleserin / Weit übers Meer / Die letzte Sure / Ihre einzige Liebe (2009) 1 copia
Livros Condensados: O macaco de pedra | Um dia perfeito | Rato de praia | Por inteiro — Autor — 1 copia
De cyber killer; Het ijskind; Ingrid; De sterrenwacht — Autor — 1 copia
De stenen aap; Het huis Moerland; De Huurling; Drie weken in Parijs — Autor — 1 copia
Wenn wir uns wiedersehen / Das Gold von Malawi / Von kalter Hand / Jennys Geschichte (Reader´s Digest… (1988) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Bild am Sonntag Thriller-Box: The Cold Moon / Der Kindersammler / 4th of July / Die for Me / Scavenger / The Overlook (2009) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Het Beste Boek 206: Het bloed kruipt / Influenza / Een droom van een man / Wespenval — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Deaver, Jeffery Wilds
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1950-05-06
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA
- Educación
- University of Missouri
Fordham University - Ocupaciones
- lawyer
journalist
folk singer - Relaciones
- Deaver, Julie Reece (sister)
- Agente
- Deborah Schneider (Gelfman Schneider Literary)
- Biografía breve
- Jeffery Deaver (born May 6, 1950) is an American mystery/crime writer. He has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University and originally started working as a journalist. He later practiced law before embarking on a successful career as a best-selling novelist.He has been awarded the Steel Dagger and Short Story Dagger from the British Crime Writers' Association and the Nero Wolfe Award, and he is a three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader's Award for Best Short Story of the Year and a winner of the British Thumping Good Read Award. His novels have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including The New York Times, The Times, Italy's Corriere della Sera, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Los Angeles Times.
Deaver was born outside Chicago in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. His mother was an artist, and his father an advertising writer. His sister Julie Deaver is an author of young adult novels. The book that inspired him to write was From Russia With Love, a James Bond novel by Ian Fleming.
Miembros
Debates
Fiction framed for murder en Name that Book (agosto 2020)
Mai 2020: "Edge"/"Schutzlos" von Jeffery Deaver en Brettspiel-Twitter auf Librarything (mayo 2020)
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